Lauren Carson

Lauren Carson has a diverse work experience spanning several organizations and roles. Lauren currently serves as the Head of Research Development at UK Biobank, where their responsibilities are not specified. Prior to this, they worked at King's College London in various roles, including Visiting Research Associate and Postdoctoral Research Project Manager. In these roles, they led quantitative projects and facilitated research within the Applied Research Collaborative (ARC) South London, with a focus on maternal and perinatal mental health. Lauren also served as the Project Manager for the eLIXIR Partnership, a collaboration aimed at studying the life course influences on mental and physical health. Additionally, at King's College London, they worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the ESMI-MBU study, examining mental health services for women in the postpartum period. Before joining King's College London, they were a Research Worker at the same institution.

Lauren Carson has also worked at the University of Birmingham as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, focusing on maternity research projects that utilize large datasets of electronic patient records. Their work involved collating and analyzing bespoke datasets to address research questions related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on postnatal care, obstetric attendances in emergency departments, jaundice, and perinatal mental health.

Prior to their positions at King's College London and the University of Birmingham, Carson gained experience as a Student Book Reviewer at Wiley-Blackwell and as a PhD Candidate at Imperial College London. Lauren also worked as a Biomedical Vacation Scholarship Student at King's College London.

Overall, Carson's work experience encompasses research, project management, and data analysis in the fields of mental health, maternal and perinatal health, and electronic patient records.

Lauren Carson completed their education with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Hons) in Physiology from King's College London in 2011. Lauren then pursued a Master of Science (MSc) in Reproductive and Developmental Biology at Imperial College London, which they completed in 2012. Lauren Carson further continued their studies at Imperial College London, earning a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Clinical Medicine Research between 2012 and 2016.